What did /lit/ think of this book? I read it a couple of years ago, it was crazy but lots of fun to read. Some time ago I saw it on the /lit/ top 100 chart which I was suprised by, thought it's too silly for people around here to like it to that extent.
I read only the first part, how do the rest compare?
>>7388130
if you like the first one you'll like the rest.
it helps to have studied some of the canonical occult texts if you want to get some of the deeper references.
>>7388130
Did you fuck the apple?
i LOVED it OP. Every second of it. It's basically my bible now
Who /kindle/ here?
/kobo/ is cool too
I saw no discussions about this so I'm curious how many here use an e-reader
There's little to talk about, really. Imagine having the same thread but for /paper/.
>>7388112
I was just interested in how many people use ereaders
Here, this might get better results
http://strawpoll.me/6094817
>>7388091
I too am interested. I have been thinking about getting a kindle lately, but got disheartened when I looked on amazon and found out that a bunch of books that I want to read are actually cheaper in paperback.
What's /lit/ drinking and reading tonight?
>>7388034
water and pic related
>>7388087
Nice, what part are you up to? This is my second time reading.
Outer Dark and Ginger Ale
I'd post a picture but I have no working camera in my home
What's the most overrated work of literature?
all of pynchon
>>7387987
Just look at this guy
>>7387978
IJ or to kill a mockingbird
I recently read Franny and Zooey by Salinger.
I know that a lot of you post a lot of crap about catcher in the rye, but have you guys read this book? I liked it a lot more than catcher
Franny rapes Zooey. Pay attention to the lacunae.
yes. I fucking love franny and zooey. the bathroom is hilarious, and they way the scene is worded it feels so real. all of the glass family stories are great. I wish it was franny and zooey that was his most widely remembered and read work.
but still anything salinger wrote I think is amazing. it feels almost impossible for someone to have written it.
Nine Stories is the best release under his name you can get.
His writing works best in short stories imo.
12 year old boy, 13 year old girl. What is a good book for each of them for Christmas /lit/?
are they special snowflakes? ;)
>>7387783
For the boy I'd recommend The Room, by Hubert Selby Jr
For the girl I'd recommend JR, by William Gaddis
>>7387783
Meditations for the lad and a cookbook for the lass
How many on /lit/ have read some or all of My Struggle?
I just began the last and largest volume yesterday. I read 1-3 a year ago, and devoured 4 and 5 in the matter of a week recently, and am now reading volume 6.
Though it is generally critically acclaimed, I don't hear much of it in the media, and it bums me out that so many people are missing out on what I perceive to be one of the greatest pieces of literature in recent times. I know it sells well enough, I just haven't encountered anybody that has read it yet. Luckily I got my grandma hooked on it, and she is now on volume 3.
Also, will answer questions if anybody is interested about volume 5 and partly 6, since they have only translated up to book 4 as of now, yes?
General My Struggle/Min Kamp discussion
>>7387743
I haven't read that, but I like his other two novels.
>>7387743
>Though it is generally critically acclaimed, I don't hear much of it in the media
Where the hell are you from? Sweden?
It was enormous in Norway, as Min Kamp 6 will tell you, and it has become pretty well known here in Denmark as well. I would presume it's the same in Sweden, though they might be a bit more critical of it than the Danes - who love controversial and don't give a fuck about privacy.
It's getting quite a lot of talk in the United Kingdom as well, only the French are unimpressed by it.
>>7387767
The swedes are incredibly butthurt about him, and there are quite a few "public intellectuals" here in Norway too that are getting upset.
Is Russian Literature dead? Was it ever alive to begin with?
it flourished like 1820-1900 and died
the commies killed all the culture
bump. Papa Dugin in the house!!!
Hey guys, I'm currently a high school senior trying to apply to a college and I would absolutely love it if anyone is willing to reach out and help me out. I'm having an anxiety attack over this right now.
I'll add you through Skype if you don't mind.
I forgot to mention it was for a college essay.
>>7387699
/lit/ - literature
if you are a qt 2d girl i will help you
What book has your favorite prose?
Finnegans Wake
But you didn't see that one coming, OP.
The Peregrine by JA Baker.
What does /lit/ like to read while stoned?
One of my favourite times of the day is when I get to come home from school, smoke with a coffee out on the back porch and watch the sun go down with a nice book.
That being said, I can't exactly read hard philosophy or authors with Pynchon-esque lexicons while I'm really high.
Recently I've been enjoying some Rumi and Delillo's White Noise, before that I had some really comfy evenings with the Hobbit and The Jungle Book
So what does /lit/ like to read while stoned?
Mostly poetry or re-reading books.
It's too hard to concentrate on new books for a long read.
Comics, can't read quality shit when I'm high.
Can't read while high. Mostly watch movies or listen to music.
Why are these books considered good?
they aren't
dunno really, I thought the Hobbit was fine as a childrens book, could never get too much into the lotr books though
>>7387563
Considered to be one of the first massive fantasy world worlds to be created by a writer.
Not even remotely the first though, religion came first.
>"ah, yes, I love Russian Literature, Dostoevsky, Tolstoi, Nabakov, the list just goes on and on. I'm a modern man and cant be bothered with trite Garnet translations, only P&V for these eyes"
Garnett
>Then -- this is all what you say -- new economic relations will be established, all ready-made and worked out with mathematical exactitude, so that every possible question will vanish in the twinkling of an eye, simply because every possible answer to it will be provided. Then the "Palace of Crystal" will be built. Then ... In fact, those will be halcyon days. Of course there is no guaranteeing (this is my comment) that it will not be, for instance, frightfully dull then (for what will one have to do when everything will be calculated and tabulated), but on the other hand everything will be extraordinarily rational. Of course boredom may lead you to anything. It is boredom sets one sticking golden pins into people, but all that would not matter. What is bad (this is my comment again) is that I dare say people will be thankful for the gold pins then. Man is stupid, you know, phenomenally stupid; or rather he is not at all stupid, but he is so ungrateful that you could not find another like him in all creation. I, for instance, would not be in the least surprised if all of a sudden, A PROPOS of nothing, in the midst of general prosperity a gentleman with an ignoble, or rather with a reactionary and ironical, countenance were to arise and, putting his arms akimbo, say to us all: "I say, gentleman, hadn't we better kick over the whole show and scatter rationalism to the winds, simply to send these logarithms to the devil, and to enable us to live once more at our own sweet foolish will!"
>>7387568
P&V
>And it is then – this is still you speaking – that new economic relations will come, quite ready-made, and also calculated with mathematical precision, so that all possible questions will vanish in an instant, essentially because they will have been given all possible answers. Then the crystal palace will get built. Then . . . well, in short, then the bird Kagan will come flying. Of course, there's no guaranteeing (this is me speaking now) that it won't, for example, be terribly boring then (because what is there to do if everything's calculated according to some little table?), but, on the other hand, it will all be extremely reasonable. Of course, what inventions can boredom not lead to! Golden pins also get stuck in from boredom, but all that would be nothing. The bad thing is (this is me speaking again) that, for all I know, they may be glad of the golden pins then. Man really is stupid, phenomenally stupid. That is, he's by no means stupid, but rather he's so ungrateful that it would be hard to find the likes of him. I, for example, would not be the least bit surprised if suddenly, out of the blue, amid the universal future reasonableness, some gentleman of ignoble, or, better, of retrograde and jeering physiognomy, should emerge, set his arms akimbo, and say to us all: “Well, gentlemen, why don't we reduce all this reasonableness to dust with one good kick, for the sole purpose of sending all these logarithms to the devil and living once more according to our own stupid will!”
what should i read next?
>>7387546
narziss and goldmund is really good imo
The one that deep down you know you truly want to read, anon. give yourself time to think about it
>>7387546
crying of lot 49
you can knock it out in like 3 hours
You are in a room with your favorite writer. Platters of food and drink are scattered around, and there are two big chairs next to a fireplace. You have all the time in the world. What would you ask him/her?
"how bout them cowboys?!"
>>7387509
Hi fellow Dallasite. Have you tried Ten Ramen yet near Addison? Shit's so cash.
Torquato Tasso?
